Looking Back: The top stories of the past week

KATHARINE SCHOEDER PHOTO | Many weather forecasts suggest a tired and true way to beat the heat after predicting high tempertaures, which will hit 90-plus this week, by adding 'cooler at the shore.' Here a couple takes advantage of that temperature differential while enjoying the end of a warm summer evening at Kenney's Beach in Southold.

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After a poorly attended first meeting two weeks ago on Southold’s new comprehensive plan, residents packed a lively second session Thursday night to discuss what’s so special about Southold, and what should be done to keep it that way.

If you had asked me before last week, when the 2010 census data was released, I would have said Fire Island is Long Island’s “gayest” community. But Fire Island incorporates several municipal jurisdictions and thus does not show up in the census as an entity unto itself.